NM is northern and southern NM and the dividing line is I-40. There is also the Rio Grande Corridor which runs north and south. Albuquerque is the biggest town in the state by far and surrounds the intersection of I-40 and I-25. The liberals infest the place and the population up and down the river. Even Los Cruses way down the river is becoming over run with them. The southeastern quadrant is highly conservative along with a little of the northwestern quadrant. Of course there are some conservatives scattered through the state but the main population density is along the corridor and we are simply outvoted. NM, despite all her pretensions, is a very poor state. There is basically no industry in the state that amounts to anything except for oil and gas. If not for that and the federal government money that comes in we couldn’t exist. We are the fifth largest state in land area and have a population of around 2.2 million, which over half of receive some kind of government assistance. Dimacrats always have control of the senate and even in the rare times when the house is controlled by the republicans or we have a republican governor the senate simply does’t consider any bill they don’t want and nothing gets done. When they are in total control like now we are steamrolled.
Why do I continue to live here? The taxes I pay are less than in Texas, I have a vast area of public land to roam around on any time I want, about 85% of the people in the area share my beliefs, crime is very low, cost of living is good compared to most places and for those reasons I can put up with the crappy roads.
